Church of England Schools 1900

Report of Public Schools of Newfoundland
under Church of England Boards
for the year ended December 31, 1900

District of RandomPopulation 546; Grant $229.76

Visitation and Inspection:
Four schools were kept by this Board for the year, whose salaries exceeded the grant by about $40.00. One teacher kept school at Long Beach and Northern Bight in alternate periods. At the latter place, twenty-eight were registered and eighteen present at the examination. At Heart’s Ease school was kept continuously for the year with satisfactory results. A small school of ten was kept for the first time at St. Jones’ Without for three months. Since the school year closed, a male teacher has been sent to Hodge’s Cove, who is reported by the Chairman to be doing well. School property is in poor condition, no money being available from the Grant to effect changes.

General Statistics for year ended June 30, 1900

Community

Teacher

Pupils under 5

Pupils between 5 and 15

Pupils over 15

Number of boys

Number of girls

Total pupils

Times the school has been opened.

Average attendance

Hearts’ Ease

Delilah Balsom

1

33

2

17

19

36

450

20

Long Beach

Laura Mercer

2

19

1

9

13

22

480

14

Northern Bight

Laura Mercer

St. Jones

Dan Balsom

3

7

7

3

10

110

9

Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, August 2014

These transcriptions may contain human errors. As always, confirm these as you would any other source material.

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